Michele “Misha” James-Parham, BSW
midwife, chaplain, social worker, & educator

UNSCHOOLING SUPPORT

Michele (“Misha”) is available to help advise new and struggling homeschooling/unschooling parents. Are you stuck in a rut and feeling like “deschooling” will never end? Are you pulling your child out of school and feeling overwhelmed by legal requirements? Is your child at the age where all of your friends' kids are in preschool, but you are feeling pulled to keep your child home? Have anxiety about putting together your child's portfolio, because they do not produce many paper samples of “work”? If any of that sounds like you, Misha can help you sort things out, brainstorm with you (and your children), and regain your homeschooling confidence.

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Misha's adult child (2003) never went to school, was always (radically) unschooled, and graduated with an official Pennsylvania diploma. Misha has a younger child (2016) who is so far following in their older sibling's footsteps. Misha has known and worked with hundreds of other unschooling and homeschooling families. They have been to many unschooling conferences; spoken at, taught funshops for, and sat on parent panels at unschooling conferences; and they have been an active member of the greater online unschooling community since 2003. Misha also taught public high school students Senior Literature and Creative Writing for two years, has experience teaching private & charter school students, has experience teaching homeschooled/unschooled children, and they have taught adults in various settings as well. 

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While Misha understands and respects that unschooling, especially radical/whole life unschooling, is not right for every family, they do speak from the experience of and make suggestions based on radical unschooling, consensual living, non-violent communication, attachment parenting, and anarchist parenting principles and ideas. They also value queer & trans inclusivity; actively work against racism, fascism, & ableism; support neurodiversity; and maintain a sex-positive & body-positive view of human sexuality.

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Reach out and see how they can help bring some peace of mind to your homeschooling journey, no matter if you are just starting out, or you have older children and life is in transition. After reviewing the resources here, if you find that you still require some guidance, use the contact form at the bottom of the page or send Misha an email amethystmidwitchery @ gmail . com and you can schedule a time to have a consultation.